Rifaat Nasrallah

Rifaat Mtanos Nasrallah was the founder of the Ras Baalbek Citizen's Militia in northern Lebanon to fight against the Islamic State.

Biography
Rifaat Nasrallah was from the almost entirely-Catholic town of Ras Baalbek in northern Lebanon, and the town was content until the Syrian Civil War broke out in 2011. The threat of a Salafist invasion of Lebanon was now possible, so Nasrallah decided to form the Ras Baalbek Citizen's Militia to defend the totally-Christian population from the Islamic State group. The Shi'ite Hezbollah group and Catholic Lebanese Forces both supported him, and he had the backing of the population, who wanted him to keep them safe.